The Honorable Antony J. Blinken Secretary U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 August 23, 2024 AGBU President Appeals to US Secretary of State to Ensure the Release of All...
The Honorable Antony J. Blinken Secretary U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 August 23, 2024 AGBU President Appeals to US Secretary of State to Ensure the Release of All Armenian Detainees from Azerbaijan Dear Secretary Blinken, As the president of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU),...
July 23, 2024- The European Commission today announced the launch of a dialogue with Armenia on visa liberalisation. This process will help Armenia in its long-term objective of achieving a visa-free regime with the EU, the Commission said in a press release. It also said this dialogue would lead...
The Guardian reported on June 29 that journalists from the UK and France were banned from the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (#COP29). “Western journalists were refused entry to an energy industry conference in Azerbaijan earlier this month, reigniting concerns over the state’s crackdown on the media ahead...
Minister Lipavský Met with His Counterpart Fidan in Ankara Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský visited the Turkish capital on Tuesday 25 June 2024. He opened the programme by paying tribute to the memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He then held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. They...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Alain Berset (Switzerland) as Secretary General of the Council of Europe for a five-year term beginning on 18 September 2024.In the second round of the election, Mr Berset obtained 114 votes, a majority of the votes cast. The...
The fifth meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Security Dialogue was held on 13 June in Brussels. According to a press release by the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan, the participants had an “open and frank exchange” on the state of bilateral relations between the EU and Azerbaijan, as well as on foreign and...
NATO diplomatic chiefs met for informal talks in Prague on 30 and 31 May 2024. During the more than three-hour meeting at the Czernin Palace on Friday 31 May, they focused on how NATO can contribute to the defence and security of Ukraine, as well as on how to...
The event begins with a panel discussion at the Czech Senate on Tuesday, featuring both Secretary General Stoltenberg and Minister Lipavský. More info on the event: Minister Lipavský Will Speak at the Senate Conference “75 Years of NATO: How to Keep It on Track?” | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials have died in a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, following a meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev at the state border between the two countries, reports the Associated Press. Rescue operations began on Sunday in challenging,...
Democratic Congressman Indicted for Accepting $598,000 in Azerbaijani Bribes Washington, DC— The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) today called on the U.S. House to immediately expel Henry Cuellar (D-TX) over his indictment for accepting nearly six hundred thousand dollars in Azerbaijani bribes. The indictment, only recently unsealed, presents detailed...